One of the top reasons we hear from hiring managers (or HR) on why they decided not to move forward with a candidate to the next round of the interview process is due to credibility being lost when asked about specific experience in their resume.

The interview could be going great, then this scenario occurs:

Hiring Manager: “Chris, you mention at your last company, you wrote some Apex triggers.  Please tell me a little more about that process, why you needed to rely on code, and the results you achieved.”

Chris: “Well, what I meant was, I didn’t actually write the Apex triggers, but I was overseeing a team member who was responsible for doing that work”.

Hiring Manager moves on to the next question, BUT, the lack of credibility flag has now been raised, and at that point forward, most likely, it’s not getting lowered.

Please be sure you can defend and speak to the specifics that you have in your resume for better interview outcomes.